Toilet-paper fixture



(No Model.)

E. B. WESTON. TDILET PAPER PIX'IURE.`

No. 597,231'. Patented Jau. ll, 1898.

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UNITED STATES i PATENT rtree.

EDWARD B. VESTON, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TOILET-PAPER FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,231, dated January 1 1, 1898.

Application filed July 6, 1897. Serial No. 643,518. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. lVEsTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have inventedI certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Paper Fixtures, of which the following is a full7 clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relatesvto devices for holding and delivering sheets of thin paper, such as is used for toilet purposes, one sheet at a time, from the package to prevent au unnecessary and wasteful amount being used; and it consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed, whereby the paper maybe delivered readily and easily from the locked case, and when the supply of paper is exhausted the lock on the case will be automatically released, allowing the paper-compartment to open to indicate that a new supply of paper is required.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my toilet-fixture with the front of the case thrown open on its hinges and the paper removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the fixture with the paper in place. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of same on lines 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. e is a detail View of the lock for the front of the case, taken just within the side wall of the case.

The case to hold the package of toilet-paper is made in two parts, A forming the back wall, sides, and bottom, and B the front wall and top, and hinged to the rear wall at the top at d ct, so that the front can swing open to load the device.

O is the package of toilet-paper, bound toy gether with a tin strip b or in any other suit-y able way and suspended in the slot c in the sheet-metal plate D, which plate is suspended to the rear wall of the case in any suitable way, preferably, as shown, by arms d d, at* tached to the plate D at the upper corners and inserted within suitable recesses in the rear wall of the case.

Journaled in suitable bosses c e at the lower end of the front B of the case is the roller E, the periphery of which is roughened or cov-v ered with sandpaper, rubber, or other suitable material, while the lower end of the paper package O is pressed against the roughened surface of this roller by the spring F, secured to the rear wall of the case and bearing against the plate D to keep the paper package always in contact with the roller, so that as the roller is rotated in the manner to be hereinafter described the uppermost sheet of paper will be torn from its binding and delivered through the slot f at the bottoni of the case.

The roller E carries a pinion G, which meshes, when the front of the case is closed, with the gear H, journaled on a boss g on the side wall of the case. Pi voted on this same boss g, immediately back of the gear H, is the lever L, which passes out through a slot in the bottom of the case and is provided with a thumb-head 7i for operating same. This lever carries a pawl Z, which is held in engagement with the gear-wheel ll by a small spring, (not shown,) so that as the lever L is pushed back the gear H will be rotated in one direction to rotate the roller E in the other direction and feed the paper sheets from the package. The outer end of the lever L has one end of a coiled spring m mounted on the boss g, secured to it at' n, the other end being secured to the case at p, so that as soon as the lever L is released it is returned to its normal position, the pawl Z sliding over the gear-teeth without actuating the gear H during the back movement. On the opposite side wall of the case is secured a lock carrying the sliding bolt fr, sliding through slots in the lock-casing and operated by key from the outside to cause the bolt-head tto engage behind the head of a catch s, secured to the front of the case. When the bolt r is thrown out by the key to lock the front of the case,

a notch it on one edge engages the side edge.

of the slot in the lock-case and is held in that position against the pressure of the spring y, secured to the bolt and the lock-case.

w is a pin or arm secured to the plate D at its lower edge, which extends out in such a position that as soon as all the paper of the package has been exhausted the pin under pressure of the spring F, acting on the plate D, will strike against the lower end of the bolt r and disengage same from the edge of the lock-case, allowing the spring g/ to draw back the bolt and unlock the front case, which at once swings open under pressure of the spring-plate D,'disclosing at once that the paper-supply is exhausted.

Having thnsdescribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a toilet-fixture, the combination, With the ense, having a hinged front, and a spring-- plate pivoted to the rear Wall carrying a packageof papersuspended thereon, of a friction-roller, mounted in the hinged front bearing against said paper when the front is closed, pinion mounted on said roller, gear- Wheel meshing therewith, with hand-lever and paWl for actuating the same to rotate the fric tion-roller, catch, and sliding bolt to lock the front, spring to drawbaek said bolt, means described.

EDWARD B. WESTON. Witnesses:

W. S. MCCONNAUGHEY, LEO J. I-IEINREICH; 

